18th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

Also known as the Raje Battalion

Chronology

• 1776 raised for the Vizier of Oude
• 1778? incorporated in HEIC service as the 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1781 became the 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantryy
• 1796 became the 2nd Battalion 6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1824 became the 18th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1857 mutinied

In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the Alipore Regiment which later became the 18th Musulman Rajput Infantry.